Language: English
Rating: K
Genre: Romance/Angst
Pairing: NejTen
Summary: His stupid mistake tore them centuries apart, living without each other hasn't had a good side effect but she realizes that sometimes, fairytales aren't always just happy times but there might be rough patches, things might actually go forward and the broken past may just be mended
'thoughts'
'speech'
Start Over
A wish,
A star,
A dream,
A life,
Will never give me the chance to gaze into your milky eyes again
A smile
A laugh
A joke
A love
Will never let me feel the warmth you gave me
Years later, both stronger and determined the story takes place
A woman who now had her hair down walked through a forest
'I think it was here'
She muttered until she gasped, in front of her was a kunai embedded, the woman ran up to it and could feel tears come to her eyes
'I've…. come too far…Why Neji, Why?'
Forgetting why she had come here in the first place
Flashback
A 16 year old girl hummed a happy tune, Neji and her had been officially going out for a month now, She had told Neji that she had to go on a mission and wouldn't be back to train today, but she had finished her mission early, Neji had told her he would be meditating at their training area, she walked up and stopped, there was one of her Best friends, Hanuro Sakura, wrapped around Neji's arms, promptly making out, they soon parted, oblivious to her, they gazed into each other's eyes
'What are we going to tell Tenten, Neji?'
Sakura asked, Neji smirked and replied
'She doesn't need to know that we got together before she and I broke up, anyways she's too weak'
'I feel bad though'
'She won't find out and -'
Sakura was cut off but soon giggled as Neji pulled her closer to him, their lips where about to meet when Tenten decided to speak
'Don't worry, you don't need to tell me, I already know'
She said in an icy voice the two parted immediately
'TENTEN!'
They both cried, horrified, before they both could speak; a kunai was imbedded into a tree trunk near them
'DON'T, try to explain' she said icily and continued,
'Sakura, obviously I thought of you as a friend, I understand now that you don't even care about me, and Neji, it's pretty obvious but I'll still say it. We're over. Through. Don't ever try to contact me again, '
And with that she span on her heels and walked off.
End Flashback
Don't ever leave the one you love for the one you like because they will leave you for the one they love
Tenten remembered, clearly that day her heart was broken
After the incident, true to her word she had broken every contact to Hyuuga Neji, She had requested to change teams, do team missions excluding Hyuuga Neji due to "Unable to co-operate" and stopped training with the Hyuuga Prodigy But as one of her favourite sayings went, Don't ever leave the one you love for the one you like because they will leave you for the one they love, Sakura had left Neji a couple of days later, realizing she still loved Sasuke, whether he was seeing the Hyuuga Heir or not. The girls where on rocky terms but could talk small civilised conversations. She heard foot steps; she turned around and saw the one person she had never wanted to see, even in her next thousand lives, meeting surprised milky eyes.
Neji woke up and stretched, He did his morning routine and put on his cracked façade, His emotionless face had never been the same after he and Tenten had broken up, he didn't have the slightest idea why he had done that with Sakura but just seeing Tenten's hurt eyes had killed him, he regretted it, deeply, the only reason he stayed with Sakura, was because he was hoping to mend his heart a bit, but inside he knew only Tenten was the one he loved, only she could make him smile and laugh like there was no tomorrow. He haven't seen her since "that" incident, the only thing he had left was their training ground to remember her, he never took out that kunai, it reminded him what he had done wrong, constantly, to let him know he didn't deserve her forgiveness. He walked up the familiar trail when he felt a presence he sighed,
'If it's a damn fan girl, I swear…'
Neji than muttered incoherent words as he walked up he lifted his head and his eyes widened in shock, the woman's hair was down but the familiar auburn hair colour was still there, the woman looked up and it confirmed who it was, only one person in the village had those intense chocolate brown eyes
'Tenten'
Neji whispered as if afraid, if he said it any louder, she'd disappear, like the numerous times she had in his dreams, The woman seemed to have gotten over her initial shock, she gathered herself and stood up
'Hyuuga-san'
The woman said politely, too polite for Neji, he winced at what he called her, through his life she had never, ever, ever called him by his last name maybe jerk, but never Hyuuga, normally it would be just Neji, Plain Neji, what he liked the best
'Since when did you use Hyuuga?'
Neji joked, trying to lighten up the mood. And Ffailing miserably.
'Gomen-nasai, Hyuuga-san I'll get out of your way, Lee-kun and Gai-san wanted me to come here to look for something, demo obviously it is somewhere else'
Neji wanted to scream but maintained his look, not wanting to further embarrass himself, the woman who was meant to be Tenten started walking out of the training grounds, which just happened to be the one Neji came in by. Each was thinking of something. 'Okay, Tenten, you can do this, you've picked up the broken pieces and held them for 5 years now, don't let this little thing over throw you' While Neji was freaking out inside. Inside. 'Okay, calm down dammit, your Hyuuga Neji, an emotionless jerk…did I just call myself a jerk? Oh well, remain calm, shit, who am I kidding if she walks this way I won't be able to contain myself, dammit why'd the only way in and out have to be here?' Tenten walked passed Neji , to her utter relief she was able to maintain herself, but Neji was a different story, guilt was consuming him and she was so close he could now smell her shampoo for her hair 'Maybe…I could try, I mean I've messed up so much, and I know I still love her, oh kami-sama please let this be in my favour' Tenten walked passed, and she was about to walk out when Neji grabbed her hand, rendering her into shock and she went stiff.
'I'm sorry, Tenten'
Neji mummered .He got no response 'at least she hasn't run off yet'
'Hyuuga-san, It's in the past, now Suminasai demo I have a meeting to attend to..'
Neji cut her off
'Today's all the Jounin's day off'
Tenten remained silent; Neji kept going, his voice cracking
'I'm so sorry, Tenten, please forgive me, I still love you, I haven't stopped, that day I don't know what went through me, please forgive me, give me a second chance'
Neji waited for Tenten's response, Tenten slowly turned, showing her face with streaks of tears running down her face
'H-Hyu-Hyuuga-san, we went out 5 years ago and you wait until now to tell me?'
'Stop with the Hyuuga, Ten-'
Neji wasn't given a chance Tenten ran off. Neji swore and chased after her.
Tenten kept running in the woods, not caring at all where she went, not noticing where she went, just to get away from him 'damn that stupid bastard, I just get over him and now, he waits until we're 21 for god's shake.' Not noticing where she was going she tripped and fell down, she didn't bother getting up, her hair formed a halo around her and she wrapped her arms around herself as she tried to restrain her sobs
'Dammit, where the hell is she? I refuse to lose her again.' Neji growled in frustration and followed her chakra signature; he kept going and stopped at the branch above where Tenten was what he saw broke his heart, knowing that he did that to her, he quietly breathed and went up to her
Tenten sobbed 'Dammit, Lee, Gai is this what you meant by "reigniting" my youthful fire' Tenten looked up when she felt another chakra signature but turned her head when she saw who it was
'You're the last person I want to see right now'
But I didn't come out icily, like that day, it was just a soft, broken voice, Neji quietly walked up to Tenten and wrapped his arms around her and whispered
'I'm so sorry Tenten, please, forgive me?'
Tenten looked him in the eye
'It's not fair…'
She buried her head into his chest, feeling something she hadn't felt in a long time
'No matter how many times you break my heart…I'll still be here for us to start over'
But that didn't need to be said, because a story has never ended, until your heart has chosen, Just like how love never truly ends until you decide it's over, but even then, it still lingers….
Author's Note
I thought this would take 5 minutes max, boy was I wrong it took like, five hours! Dammit anyway things to clear up….
1.Obviously there was a time skip, the present was when both Tenten and Neji are 21, why? Sudden impulse
2.NO! This 'whether he was seeing the Hyuuga Heir or not.' Means Sasuke is dating Hinata to say it right because my DUMB bro (blood.of.a.phoenix aka Nancy aka Tyson) thought it meant Sasuke and Neji where gay together.
3. I MAY post up another one but most likely not depends on hits/reviews I guess, by the way these poems/one shots I'm making is an apology for redoing my story, I'm going to at least do another two, my head is filled with ideas
Ja ne
Annie